Pondichéry, dernier comptoir des Indes (original French title) ("Pondicherry, last trading post in India" in English, released as “Last Trading Post in India” ) is a 1997 French drama film set during Pondicherry's independence from France in 1954.
It tells the story of Stanislas Charvin, a young European male born in India but raised in Marseilles,[2] France by his grandmother.
Stanislas returns to Pondicherry as the French administration are preparing to leave; he intends to collect his mother’s remains for repatriation to France for burial.
Stanislas discovers that she left her husband André for Weber, a half-caste man, and is consequently shunned and despised by her community.
[1] The film explores the self-discovery of the young 20 year-old Stanislas against the backdrop of the "great departure" as we see several images of boxes and suitcases in the background.